Improving the functioning of the EU: Making fuller use of the Lisbon Treaty’s provisions

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Publication Date February 2017
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The EU Treaties were last time amended by the Treaty of Lisbon, which entered into force on 1 December 2009. However, some of its provisions are not (yet) being exploited to the fullest. The own-initiative report on improving the functioning of the EU building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty aims to identify this potential and ways to better exploit it. The report discussed at the plenary session II of the European Parliament in February 2017, jointly with two related reports.

The resolution on this report was approved by 329 votes to 223 with 83 abstentions.

Author: Laura Tilindyte

Source Link http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2017/599272/EPRS_ATA(2017)599272_EN.pdf
Related Links
European Parliament: Press Release, 16.02.17: Parliament sets out its vision for the future of Europe http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20170210IPR61812/
EurActiv, 14.02.17: Visions of unity clash in ‘future of EU’ debate http://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/visions-of-unity-clash-in-future-of-eu-debate/
Politico, 17.02.17: Damn the populists! MEPs back closer cooperation http://www.politico.eu/article/meps-finally-agree-on-eus-future-kind-of/

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